<p>Heard this somewhere, not sure if it's true.
Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>It’s not easy getting into any engineering school, and it’s not easy to get into McCormick if you’re a girl. Just look at the numbers… LY NU had @ @ 32,0000 applicants for @ 1250 openings. How easy do you think it is to get in based on these numbers? I have no idea of the applicant breakdown between schools at NU, but assuming a normal curve, with a normal 50-50 M-F split, you can do some quick math and figure out your answer. That answer is “no”.</p>
<p>probably a little easier as a girl. but still very difficult as the guy above has said</p>
<p>If the school has a majority male population, like most engineering schools, what being a girl is going to do for you is help you if you’re on the bubble with a bunch of guys. Schools typically do their normal vetting process to find all qualified candidates. Then they need to pare that list down. So being a girl won’t get you past that initial cut - they’re looking at more statistical factors like test scores and GPA. But when they’re paring down the list after making that first cut, they’re going to look at whatever factors are important to them and their school - that might be gender diversity, ethnic diversity, geographic diversity, certain ECs, or any number of factors. So being a girl won’t get you in if you’re not qualified, but it may get you the slot over an equally qualified male applicant. Guys get the same advantage at schools that are majority female - which is most schools that don’t have an engineering school.</p>
<p>No.</p>